MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE TO EXPERIMENTAL TUBERCULOSIS IN ALBINO MICE : THE IMMUNE PHASE

Enhanced resistance against experimental tuberculosis was acquired by albino mice after peritoneal vaccination with living BCG. Prolongation of life was used as a measure of resistance against massive intravenous challenge infection. The average degree of prolongation of life was found to be direct...

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Main Authors: Costello, Richard, Izumi, Takateru
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1971
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2138908/